Wednesday TV: Truck Stops and Heaven
It’s about time somebody made a show based on the real life drama of a Midwestern truckstop, which buzzes with life alongside the highway in an otherwise sea of darkness.…
Ditching Celtic Thunder for ‘Glee’
As the contenders of the competition show “The Glee Project,” one of the youngest contestants left a successful group with a huge TV presence to do so. And then he…
Rachel Maddow: From the Morning Zoo to the Political Zoo
Rachel Maddow, who has been signed for a multiyear contract at MSNBC, where ratings of her show us 23 percent, says she didn’t grow up with much of an interest…
Tuesday TV: ‘Take the Money and Run,’ Best Docs
The latest summer reality show comes in the form of a caper. Pairs of people are given a suitcase of $10,000 (and a getaway car and a phone) that they…
‘Bachelorette,’ After Finale, Plans Wedding
After a bit of family, intervention and tears, Ashley Hebert made her choice right on time on Monday’s season premiere of “The Bachelor.” Her selection was J.P. Rosenbaum, 34, the…
NBC Day One: The Networks Move In
Something changes at TV Critics Press tour once the broadcast networks move in. After a week of cable and public television offerings of all kinds of things – series, movies,…
Versus to Disappear
Versus, the sports channel that was for a time headquartered in Connecticut, will cease to be known as that name as it will align more with its mother corporation to…
Monday TV: William Hurt Takes On ‘Moby Dick’
William Hurt takes on a beard pegleg and a brusque personality as Captain Ahab in the latest interpretation of Herman Melville’s masterpiece. The two part “Moby Dick” (Encore, 8 p.m.)…
Also On TV Monday: ‘Bachelorette’ Finale, ‘Koran’ Competition
A finale comes to “The Bachelorette” (ABC, 8 p.m.) with some kind of mayhem hinted at before the finale rose and possible proposal. But this time it comes from the…
Connecticut Man Part of Vietnam Film
When Arthur Wiknik returned to Bradley Airport after a stint in Vietnam in 1970, he was struck by how he was shunned by people. “Every hateful glance was like a…